Improved bedstead-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI JOHN CHRISTOPHER STUCK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED BEDSTEAD-BOTTOM Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,7 19, dated August 2, 1864.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN CHRISTOPHER STUCK, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement Having Reference to Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which-- Figure 1 is a top View, and Fig. 2 a trans- "erse and vertical section, of a bedstead provided with my invention, which of itselt is an improved spring-bottom or mattress-foundation.

The bedstead-frame as exhibitedin the drawings is made with each of its side railst'orined in two parts or sections, a a, jointed together and to the posts in such manner as to enable the whole bedstead-frame to be folded together or unfolded, as occasion may require. This construction of the bedstead-frame is a common one, and by no means essential to my invention, as it may be applied to almost any other kind of a bedstead.

From the inner side of each of the parts a of the side rails two staples or eyes, b 1), project and serve to support a rod, 0, which is run directly through them. Alongside of and at a short distance from each rod 0 there is another rod, d, which is supported in position by means of aseries of elastic rings, loops, or endless belts, e e e a, each of which embraces the two rods 0 d, on which the elastic rings are arranged at equal, or about equal, distances apart. The said elastic rings, belts, or loops 0 are to be made of India rubbrr, so as to serve as springs. Upon each pair of the rods d d a'series of slats, g g g, is supported, each of the slats at its opposite ends being provided with two metalliehooks, h h, to hook upon By my arrangement of the springs with re-- spect to the slats such springs become independentof the slats and generally come either between or aside of them instead of being directly opposite their ends. In this way I am enabled to make use of a long loop-spring to good advantage.

Instead of arranging the springs and their supporting-rods with reference to the side bars as described, they may be applied in a similar manner to the head and foot bars of the bedstead-frame, in which case the slats would run longitudinally instead of transversely of the frame.

My invention forms an excellent springt'oundation for supporting a mattress or bedding on the bedstead.

I claim 1. The above-described combination and arrangement of the slat-supporting rods d d,the series ot elastic rings or loops e c e, and their sustaining-rods 0 c with the series of slats g g, 850., and the bedstead-frame.

2. The combination of the two hooks h h with each of the slats g, the rods 0 0 d d, and the series of elasticloops or springs e e e, supported by or applied to such ends, substantially as described.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER STUCK.

Witnesses;

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

